In 2005, Mrs. Chappell founded The Chappell Group, Inc. a women-owned and operated, environmental consulting firm serving the South Florida area and Caribbean. The Chappell Group, Inc. provides environmental consulting services to both the public and private sectors.

As President of The Chappell Group, Inc., Mrs. Chappell’s responsibilities include oversight of all corporate operations, financial administration, staff management, proposal development, presentations as well as performing wetland jurisdictional determinations, environmental feasibility studies, Phase I ESA’s, seagrass surveys, environmental permitting, mitigation design and monitoring, and marina design and permitting. Ms. Chappell conducts numerous seagrass surveys by scuba and snorkel, wetland delineations, mitigation monitoring, endangered and threatened species studies and associated field work on a regular basis. Ms. Chappell also processes environmental resource permitting of various projects and coordination with US Army Corps of Engineers, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and Broward County Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department.